Member Review
Review by
Tara H, Media/Journalist
Realistic characters in a delightful, steamy romance that accurately deals with PTSD
It’s rare that I absolutely fall in love with a romance author within the first few chapters of starting the first book I’ve read from them, but that’s what happened here. Mazey Eddings portrayed PTSD and anxiety with such deft, compassionate realism that I looked up her bio and was thrilled—but not surprised—to see that she specifically writes romance novels about and for neurodiverse people. Her familiarity with neurodiversity was evident in this book, and it led me to look up and read all her other books after I finished it.
Eddings accurately reveals what PTSD looks and feels like without ever letting the reader look down on Jude or feel sorry for him, and she similarly does a great job of showing the frustration and challenge of trying to reach someone going through what he’s going through. Eddings paced the book beautifully, with just the right amount of hints of what was to come without moving too quickly into the romance. Once she got to the physical romance, it was just the right amount without being too much — steamy yet playful, real and fun.
I enjoyed the other characters as well — which I got to know better after I read the other books about their romances — and I especially enjoyed the well drawn characters of Indira’s brother and his fiancé. I highly recommend this book, particularly for those who don’t see enough neurodiveristy or realistic portrayals of anxiety or PTSD in their romance reading.
I listened to the audio version and enjoyed the narrators. This review is based on reading a complimentary advance reader copy of this book from NetGalley.
It’s rare that I absolutely fall in love with a romance author within the first few chapters of starting the first book I’ve read from them, but that’s what happened here. Mazey Eddings portrayed PTSD and anxiety with such deft, compassionate realism that I looked up her bio and was thrilled—but not surprised—to see that she specifically writes romance novels about and for neurodiverse people. Her familiarity with neurodiversity was evident in this book, and it led me to look up and read all her other books after I finished it.
Eddings accurately reveals what PTSD looks and feels like without ever letting the reader look down on Jude or feel sorry for him, and she similarly does a great job of showing the frustration and challenge of trying to reach someone going through what he’s going through. Eddings paced the book beautifully, with just the right amount of hints of what was to come without moving too quickly into the romance. Once she got to the physical romance, it was just the right amount without being too much — steamy yet playful, real and fun.
I enjoyed the other characters as well — which I got to know better after I read the other books about their romances — and I especially enjoyed the well drawn characters of Indira’s brother and his fiancé. I highly recommend this book, particularly for those who don’t see enough neurodiveristy or realistic portrayals of anxiety or PTSD in their romance reading.
I listened to the audio version and enjoyed the narrators. This review is based on reading a complimentary advance reader copy of this book from NetGalley.
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